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Mosaic 25 Year Celebration (1993-2018)

#Pieces2Peace

25 YEARS (1993-2018)

Help MOSAIC Celebrate its 25 Years of empowering women piece their lives together through training, healing and support services by donating funds to help us continue the fight.

The organisational logo is symbolic of our mission to train, heal and support women whose lives have been broken by abuse and violence. Our logo is made up of small, broken pieces that are put together to build a beautiful MOSAIC.

To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we are building a beautiful MOSAIC, symbolic of our vision and commitment to piece brokenness into something beautiful.

Every donation you make towards our fundraising efforts will earn you a piece to add to our MOSAIC logo with your name or company name to be placed on the logo we are creating.

We will be launching the new logo at our #Pieces2Peace event on Friday 23 November 2018, a few days before the kickstart of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence.

Your donation will show commitment to changing the culture of abuse and violence against women and a pledge that your commitment is not only for 16 Days during the campaign but a daily one!

News

Advocate Tarisai Mchuchu, MOSAIC Director is a Vital Voices fellow and Flag Bearer for the International Mentoring Walks in Cape Town, South Africa. In partnership with Vital Voices, MOSAIC and its beneficiaries will be the focus of this year’s mentoring walk with the launch of Women with Woman

Women with Woman mentorship project, is an initiative of connectedness and mentorship where established business women and community leaders from various backgrounds and sectors mentor women and young girls and women from disadvantaged backgrounds can access mentoring platforms usually beyond their reach. Mentors and mentees will be talking and sharing insights as they the walk and ride; discussing their professional challenges and successes to establish a mentoring relationship in which the established leader guides, advises, inspires and supports an emerging leader. The conversation is holistic and integrated in including men in the empowerment of women and ensuring that they use their privileges to create opportunities for women to thrive. It is about paying it forward and women supporting each other!

The Mentoring Walk will be a launch and pledge day event on 10 March 2018.

SponsorTo commit to empower a woman throughout the year, you could sponsor her for only R26 500 a year.

Or

Give TimeTake time to mentor and impart some of your knowledge and skills

Meet Wendy Gumede

Wendy Gumede is a 24-year-old filmmaker from Kwa Zulu Natal. She earned a degree in Film and Television Studies at the University of Cape Town and an honors in Screenwriting. As a woman in media, Gumede is no stranger to sexism.

“As a woman, it’s easy for you to be on the other side of the camera. You’re expected to be pretty, thin, look a certain way, speak a certain way. For an aspiring director and producer, there’s this misconception that only men are in business.”

In fact, on a number of occasions, individuals have approached her wondering if she is the presenter rather than the director. What is even more difficult is working with men who are unwilling to see a woman in such a position of authority. For Gumede, the key to overcoming such challenges is perseverance.

“I believe I’m made for this, and some people beg to differ because I’m not a man,” Gumede said, “It’s something that really does not phase me now. I take ownership when I’m on set.”

Not only is Gumede shattering stereotypes on the set, but she is also working on a huge project for the continent of Africa. Founder and creative director for an upcoming website, HowAfricansLive.Com, she aspires to remove the notions that mainstream media has produced about African people.

“There is too much shared content,” she said, “focused on how Africans die and not how Africans live. So I created a site to explore our stories and share our stories – our authentic stories – about how Africans do life on the continent.”

The website will include documentaries, articles, restaurant and book reviews, as well as interviews with everyday people.

“I think it is something that the country and the continent need right now: just good, solid representation of the fact that Africans actually thrive, instead of the whole idea that Africans are constantly suffering,” Gumede said.

Gumede plans to utilize the platform as a medium to shape perceptions about Africa, and simultaneously, about womanhood. By sharing the stories of women enhancing the narrative of a self-sufficient Africa, she intends to focus on the representation and misrepresentation of women on the continent.

“As a female founder, I’m in a position that is really important in how I represent not only women, but also black women, on the continent,” Gumede said, “My site is committed to flipping the narrative of women being frail, women being weak, and women being in need of your assistance as men.”

Gumede is eager to capture diverse stories of women from all walks of life and with distinct personal missions in mind.

“Womanhood is being an individual and understanding that you don’t have to fall into ‘what women do’ boxes. You don’t fall into ‘this is how a woman should feel’ boxes. And I think you’re a person before you are a woman. To me, being a woman means being true to myself.”

For Gumede, womanhood is taking personal ownership of who you are. With a future in filmmaking and as the creator of HowAfricansLive.Com, Gumede leads a life as the truest version of herself.

Men's Dialogue

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Pink Drive coming up

In partnership with the City of Cape Town, MOSAIC will be hosting an event in support of the Pink Drive, honouring those who have passed on or are living with Breast Cancer.

Despite the pouring rain, 140 people ventured out to view "Precious" and "Africa is a Women's Name." These two feature films were hosted by MOSAIC and the Social Justice Coalition. Again, the viewings sparked great discussions from young and old with heightened emotions.

All was not serious over the two days though, new friends were made, couples participated, a healthy mix of young and previously young, laughing and cheerful conversations over popcorn and hot chocolate and vibrant music during breaks had the crowd moving their hips to keep warm.

We were reminded, through all the social ills and difficulties that the feature films portrayed, we have many talents, a country that is rich and work that needs to be done to move from where we are to where we wold like to be.

Events

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Today Sultan Bahu hosted a vocational day for clients. The aim was to create educational opportunities for clients who have completed their program @ Sultan Bahu centre. Mosaic was invited to address female clients on domestic violence and gender based violence.

Thank you to Sultan Buhu for the invite and hospitality. The day was a great success! 😊 ...